"The age of the gods, mortals can't figure it out."
Celine's words are equivalent to expressing the attitude of most people in this world towards "ancient civilization", that is, although they don't know it, they feel serious and no one dares to study it to understand it—even a priest like her dare not toss about it casually .
Now I can roughly guess what happened on this planet. The historical truth should basically be like this:
A long, long time ago, there was a highly developed civilization on this planet. They at least had the ability to navigate in deep space, and they must have developed war technology that matches their level of civilization (according to the particle Rifle can be determined), this kind of civilization that has the ability to develop, is proficient in war skills, and likes to delve into all kinds of deadly secrets in the universe, and there are several nations crowded on one planet has one thing in common, that It is extremely easy to kill themselves, because it is too easy for them to kill their entire race.
So a few years ago, they finally lived up to the law of civilization development and Murphy's law. Maybe an internal war broke out, or they accidentally played off while researching extreme technology. In short, they killed themselves.
However, this collective play-off event did not lead to the complete extinction of civilization. Some people survived tenaciously, and a very small number of them were lucky enough to preserve such a tiny bit of technology (and magic of course. In fact, I even suspect that ancient civilizations are It is impossible to test what these people thought at the time, but they obviously think that the reason for the end of the world is that they have been exposed to technologies that should not be exposed to their own level of civilization, so they have no first experience. Time to use the technical data at hand to revive civilization, but first study how to revive the population, and at the same time seal up these technical data. These cautious and conservative survivors should be the predecessors of the Lost God Cult.
The original Lost God religion should not be extreme. Their motives and behaviors to seal up the war relics are actually reasonable: the end of the world, the race is in danger, and there must be many guys who are full of tyrannical thoughts among the survivors. Under normal circumstances, war relics are extremely dangerous hidden mines. Once they continue to spread to those doomsday survivors who have nothing to fear, it is hard to say whether the entire planet will be blown up by those lunatics. The behavior should have saved this civilization back then. But we all know that the process of passing time and changing generations is the most likely to go wrong: so many years have passed, the original Lost God Sect has been updated countless times, and it is even more difficult to ensure the integrity of the inheritance in such an extremely difficult environment. And people always have different ideas. In order to ensure that those dangerous war relics are not activated, the Lost God religion must choose the most conservative person to be the pope in each generation. If it goes on like this from generation to generation, the original teachings have changed beyond recognition—clergy They simply taboo all knowledge related to ancient civilizations, and even printing and advanced papermaking have become things that only priests can touch. This can be said that the entire sect has become extreme.
Moreover, they also created such fictitious gods as the "God of Technology" and "God of Magic", and stated in the teachings that only when these two gods re-blessed can they continue to study ancient knowledge. Before that, even folk research was banned-it has to be said that this planet has embarked on the worst path under all kinds of mistakes, the guardians of civilization have forgotten their original mission, and they originally made up nonsense to appease the people Now they have deceived themselves instead, look at Celine's expression, she firmly believes that the God of Technology exists... Then I guess this planet will never wait for the day when technology reopens.
"Mr. Scholar? Mr. Scholar?" Celine's voice woke her up from her thoughts. She looked at me curiously and suddenly fell silent. "Do you have any questions? If it's about ancient civilizations, I will try my best to answer them. This is the responsibility of the clergy."
"Ancient knowledge must be kept by the church, right?" I looked into the other person's eyes. "So how does the church treat this knowledge? And the excavated relics, will anyone use them? Or will they be completely sealed?"
This question is a bit out of line, because the answer to this question is likely to be something that belongs to common sense on this planet, or it is a "civilian taboo". Being familiar with Celine, the other party should not think too much about the topics brought up during the dinner table chat.
"Of course the church should treat those things that have caused disasters with a more cautious attitude." Celine gave me a slightly suspicious look, but didn't care too much. "As the scriptures say, a high-ranking priest with a firm mind People will study those ancient knowledge a little bit, but not to reproduce them, but to understand their functions and judge their harmfulness, so as to classify and preserve the ancient knowledge, or open the part that can be made public to the public. As for those The unearthed ancient devices will be personally inspected by two popes and forty-six cardinals. Most of them will be sealed up, and a small number of less harmful things will be distributed to the clergy. We use these ancient devices with caution , so as to ensure that the source of disaster will not be awakened. These devices are the reason why the clergy are more powerful than ordinary people, but we all have a firm mind and will not be confused by this special power. This is why the Lost God Cult The number of personnel is always limited, so that the important task of excavating the ruins is assigned to a relatively free group such as adventurers, because there are too few people with a firm mind, and not everyone can control the power that is above ordinary people. He also suppressed his own selfishness."
I remembered the scene of Celine checking the firearms I saw last night—well, it seems that I really thought too much, it is really the standard equipment of the clergy, fortunately I didn’t ask about it rashly, otherwise I would look like a bumpkin.
It seems that all the questions that can be asked have been asked. Celine, a low-level priest who has been away from the core of religion for a long time, will not know more. Maybe Sandora and I should go find the ruler of this planet. , that is, the two popes, anyway, it is a pity to see a civilization lock up its own progress. Speaking of Sandora... why can't I hear her rolling on the table
As soon as I realized this, I saw Sandora ball lying in front of Elle, who was holding up the scones and handing them over: "Sister Egg, do you want some scones?"
Then her egg sister rolled away.
"Ah Jun, I'm not happy," the spherical Sandora stopped in front of me, her resentment was real, "The body regenerates so slowly, even if you create a mass projection now, you can't enjoy eating, life is so boring... we Would you like to destroy the world?"
I looked at the golden Queen in horror: "Are you serious?"
"... Okay, just kidding." Sandoraball jumped into my soup bowl while talking, but miraculously, no soup splashed out: she seemed to be trying to absorb the vegetable soup in the bowl, but the food It just circulated in a ball of light and then released again.
I poked the ball of light with a spoon in embarrassment: "Well... I'm eating."
Sandora Ball was confident: "Don't make trouble, I'm pretending to eat."
Celine and Ai Lu could only stare dumbfounded at the miraculous scene in front of them. I guess they have never seen such a thing in their normal life course... In other words, I have never seen it either! Sandora usually spends ninety-nine percent of her time in the Queen's Landing of the World. If it wasn't for a change in her appearance this time, who would have seen her so naturally cute? Although it feels like this is pretty good-at least it's pretty good until Her Majesty is completely hungry and goes away.
"Uh, it seems that the curse of the ancient ruins has brought this lady great trouble..." Celine carefully chose her words, for fear of stimulating the resentful ball of light again, "How did she get here all these years?"
"Days are like years," Sandora replied subtly, "It's been two years since I've done my best."
It's only been two days, don't accumulate such a big resentment, okay! Ai Lu has already hid behind the chair, okay
But Celine was obviously wrong, and she looked at Sandora with sympathy: "It has been like this for two years? You have completely lost the opportunity for human beings to enjoy life... It stands to reason that you are so severely cursed by the ancient ruins. The situation should be very famous, and even alarm cardinals and high priest-level researchers, but I have never heard of it, and I have been closed for too long."
Just when I was about to say something, there was an unusual commotion from the street outside.
It sounded as if a large group of people were rushing back from outside the town (Ailu's house was facing a road leading out of the town), mixed with the rough talking and laughing of men and the neighing of camels, as soon as Ailu heard The movement immediately jumped up from the chair: "Aha, the first batch of adventurers who set off in the early morning are back! I want to go out and have a look!"
"Hey, finish eating first..." Celine immediately wanted to stop her daughter, but the little girl's mobility was super strong, and she was almost running to the gate at this time, and as Ai Lu pushed the door open, the street was noisy. The movement suddenly became more unprecedented. I looked out the door, and at a glance, I saw a dozen or so heavily armed men coming here at the intersection of the street 100 meters away. They were both male and female, but there were only three or four female adventurers. , These first batch of returnees carried weapons on their backs, and they had almost everything. It can be seen that the adventurer profession has at least one thing in common in all worlds: free development, high degree of DIY, and various fighting methods and equipment.
A considerable number of onlookers had surrounded the dozen or so adventurers, and the residents of the town looked at these objects representing power and knowledge (and the treatment of senior civil servants by the way) with seven-point curiosity and three-point awe. "Heroes", occasionally adventurers will take out some gadgets from their bags and shake them in front of these civilians. No matter what it is, it will cause a little wonder: ordinary people don't understand ancient equipment at all, but They just think it's amazing, and the rusty iron rods dug out from the ruins are probably colorful in their eyes.
"The first batch of people who set off were more experienced veterans. They were responsible for making sure that the road leading to the ruins was correct and safe, and at the same time confirming the degree of danger and integrity of the periphery of the ruins, so as to prepare for the second batch of people," Celine knew. I was interested in adventurers, so I took the initiative to introduce, "Ordinary people can only watch the fun, and a scholar like you probably won't really study how to fight in a team, but there are many rules of action among adventurers. They seem to work alone, but in fact they have a whole set of rules, and under the on-site instructions of the church personnel, adventurers in an unfamiliar group can quickly achieve basic cooperation. This must be done, most of the ancient ruins are not very safe."
In the end, Celine couldn't help muttering again: "A lot of adventurers are a bit unruly, and things brought out from the ruins can't be shown to ordinary people casually. Lefe never made such a frivolous mistake back then. "
Rafe? Is it Elu's father's name
When mentioning her husband who has been missing for many years and may have died in a foreign land long ago, Celine always had an indelible melancholy on her face, but she still tried her best to cheer up and greeted Ai Lu at the door: "Ai Lu Lu, come and help clear the table, mom will go to church later, take care of the house today, don't run around, you know?"
"Oh, I got it!" The little girl immediately ran back to help with the housework, but she soon looked at Celine expectantly, "Mom... I want to go to church too! To see the adventurers!"
"No, absolutely not," Celine showed a rare serious expression, "Today is not to go to church to play, but to listen to adventurers report about the ruins. Ordinary people should not have too much contact with those taboo knowledge, which will corrode people's hearts. —Especially when you're a kid."
Allu suddenly walked away with her mouth flattened and muttering, and I was already interested at this time: It seems that Celine is going to fulfill her obligation as a priest to contact those adventurers? Isn't she out of business
I asked curiously, and Celine immediately explained with a smile: "I just left the archdiocese, and this place is usually very quiet and there are no important religious activities, so it seems idle, but as a priest, the responsibility is with you all your life .Every ancient relic must be surrounded by clergy as "regional guardians". The usual task is to guard the relics and prevent people from exploring without permission. After the relics are opened, we will act as representatives of theocracy to control the entire exploration operation on the spot. From the first The first batch of adventurers completed their initial explorations, and until the last batch of adventurers left, I was working. This is actually a very leisurely job, because many ruins may not be open for hundreds of years, and the priests stationed nearby are equivalent to Many clergymen who got married and left the core of religion will accept such a task and settle down near a certain ruin. Leif and I settled here on the one hand for Ai Lu, and on the other hand because the church needs to be here Set up a guardian." Celine roughly explained another task of the church, and then extended an invitation to me: "Mr. Scholar should also be planning to go to the ruins, right? Then why don't you follow me to the church first? What about a group of adventurers?"
I had been waiting for the other party's words for a long time, so of course I nodded immediately.
At this time, the dozen or so adventurers had come to the gate of Celine's house under the leadership of several locals. These rough and noisy "freelancers" quieted down as soon as they entered within ten meters of the gate. Vaguely arranged in some kind of orderly team, this scene is very interesting: I only saw Celine as an ordinary single mother and housewife before, and I feel that this is just a hard life. It’s just a female, and I gradually learned about her side as a clergyman during the conversation, but that didn’t produce any texture. Until now, looking at the respectful adventurers at the door, I have no idea of Celine’s identity. A little real.
A clergyman who possesses authority and special status and enjoys exclusive "knowledge" lives like an ordinary person on weekdays. Only when ancient knowledge is involved, her majesty is revealed. I don't know this What about the other Lost God priests on this planet? If they are all like this, then this Lost God religion is really interesting.
It seems that their entire existence value is really just to take care of knowledge, do they not care about anything else
The few locals who led the adventurers here should be town officials, and one of the gray-haired old men is probably the mayor of the town, but at this moment he has to respectfully explain the situation to a "hotel proprietress", Waiting for the other party's instructions, this wonderful scene made Sandora couldn't help muttering: "It's a strange social structure. The clergy can only have absolute authority when certain things happen, and they live like ordinary people in normal times. Celine's identity in the town is obviously just a commoner... But once she starts to deal with ancient knowledge, her status and responsibilities change instantly? How did this planet develop such a strange social form?"
Celine said some incomprehensible words to a group of adventurers, basically thanking the gods for their grace, thanking the Pope for his wise guidance, thanking all adventurers for their hard work, and thanking the old mayor for actively responding to the call of the parish superiors , and then asked a group of adventurers to go to the church and wait first. By the way, according to the rules, they should first classify the materials and items they collected, and use the equipment in the church to do some pre-processing. As the agent of the church here, First of all, I have to wash the dishes in the kitchen before going to work...
It seemed unreliable, but no one expressed any objection at the scene, and a large group of adventurers dispersed, taking the "treasure" they got in the morning, and set off for the church under the leadership of the mayor.
Although those religious regulations seem sacred and great, the process of actually disposing of ancient relics is still the same as that of a waste recycling bin: you first carry the things over and weigh them yourself, and then I will pay you when I am done with the work at hand!
Basically that's what it means. RS